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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Secretary of State is trying to conflate two emissions trading schemes. He does not want to talk about the carbon tax on electricity, because he has increased it by 70% since the start of the year, pushing up everybody’s bills in the process. He is making electricity more expensive …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"The carbon tax on electricity pushes up the cost of gas, wind, solar and nuclear in this country. It does not need to be there—the Secretary of State could axe the carbon tax tomorrow to instantly cut bills for every single family in this country. Why will he not?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"I welcome the new Ministers to the Front Bench. On the first day of recess, away from scrutiny, the Labour party published the prices for its allocation round 7 of the renewables auction. Labour used to say that renewables were nine times cheaper, but the prices that the Secretary of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Equality Act 2010: Impact on British Society

"I thank the Minister for her speech. Labour Members always try to equate protections against discrimination and harassment with the entirety of the Equality Act but, as many have said, protections against discrimination and harassment existed before the Act. They also exist in many other pieces of legislation, such as …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Equality Act 2010: Impact on British Society

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) on securing this debate. This issue is having a fundamental impact on our society but is not discussed enough. I associate myself with his remarks about Don’t …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Equality Act 2010: Impact on British Society

"I believe that the hon. Gentleman is talking about discrimination. The point of being equal under the law is that the same protections from discrimination can protect his constituents, the hon. Member for Romford and me. The whole point of our common-law system is that we must all face the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"Thank you, Mr Speaker.

The Secretary of State tried to argue yesterday that he is a climate change believer and everybody else who disagrees with him is a denier, because he does not want to engage with any legitimate criticism of his policies. He is offshoring British industries—in other words, …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"I do not know whether the Secretary of State does not know or does not want to say, but £72 a megawatt-hour is what electricity cost last year, and £82 is the price he has paid for offshore wind, and he is set to do the same this year—and that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"Yesterday, the Secretary of State said I was hiding when I was, in fact, with my six-month-old baby, who I know he is aware of. On behalf of all young mums who face those kinds of comments in their first few weeks back at work, may I gently suggest he …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Electricity Market Review

"I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. I know that this has been a difficult decision for him. He told everyone that his flagship mission was to commission more renewable power than ever before by 2030—more wind than ever before and faster than ever before …..."
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